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Metaphysical Systems Table of Contents Volume I - The Distant Past On ‘being’: Cartesianism - Passive Observation Introduction: Metaphysical system number three #1: The Error of Zeno Resolving the problem of Abstraction #2: The Error of Aristotle Resolving the problem of Cartesianism #3: The Error of Boethius Resolving the problem of Free Will #4: The Error of Copernicus Resolving the problem of Centricism $5: The Error of Leibniz Resolving the problem of Theodicy #6: The Error of Kant Resolving the problem of Universal Ethics Volume II - The Recent Past On ‘being’ being: Non-Cartesianism - Active Observation Preface to Volume II #7: The Error of Hegel Resolving the problem of non-Cartesianism $8: The Error of Einstein Resolving the problem of ‘i’ #9: The Error of Russell Resolving the problem of Non-Members #10: The Error of Heidegger Resolving the problem of The Void of a Void #11: The Error of Philosophy Resolving the problem of Either/Or #12: The Error of ‘being’ being Resolving the problem of Nihilism Volume III - The Future On ‘being’ being ‘Being’: Cartesianism ‘within’ Non-Cartesianism: Active Observation within Passive Observation Preface to Volume III #13: Metaphysical System 28 Introducing the problem of Metaphysical Systems 7 & 9 #14: Principle Three Introducing the problem of Principles One and Two #15: Ockham’s Razor Introducing the problem of Reductionism #16: Wrong Again Introducing the problem of Being Right #17: The Beginning Introducing the problem of The End #18: Why Now? Introducing the problem of History’s Vector Conclusion: The Peer Review Table of Contents - Expanded Volume I: 500 BC – 1804 AD The Distant Past On ‘being’: Cartesianism - Passive Observation Introduction: Tractate 1: 500 BC (check dates with Tractates) The Error of Zeno: Resolving the problem of Abstraction Part I: The Paradox of seamlessness and multiplicity / Introduction / Zeno’s paradoxes / The scholarly confusion regarding Zeon’s Paradoxes / Zeno’s paradox of space/distance Part II: Resolving the issue with a new metaphysical perception / Zeno: The appearance of the ‘real’ and the ‘real illusion’ / A ‘New Metaphysical Perception’ regarding Zeno’s paradox: / Reversing perceptions – counter view / The point – individuality / The ‘real’ and the ‘real illusion’ illustrated / Working backward to Zeno / Zeno’s Paradox of Motion revisited / The Greek concept of increments / Calculus is but a tool – it does not eliminate what is / Incrementalism and the Individual / Concrete/Physical Functionality / Removing the physical while leaving the abstract intact / The truth ‘I exist.’ vs. the truth ‘You exist.’ / Abstract Functionality / Being a Part of ‘Being’ is not a new idea / Zeno Himself Says It / The multiplicity of individuality Tractate 2: 322 BC The Error of Aristotle: Resolving the problem of Cartesian Systems Part I: The Paradox of Cartesian Systems and non-Cartesian Systems / Introduction / Incremental concentric circles / The intricacies of concentric circles / Confinement is confinement / The concept of Cartesian / Cartesian Systems / The paradox of Cartesian Systems Part II: Resolving the issue with a new metaphysical perception / Introduction /Relativistic 1st Principles /The dance of the angels / The ‘Land of Limited Abstracts: Infinite Finites’ / The ‘Land of Unlimited Abstracts: Finite Infinities’ / Understanding how ‘a’ ‘whole’ can be greater than the sum of its parts / The equality of ’relativistic 1st principle’ / Resolving the paradox of ‘a’ Cartesian System composed of Infinite Finites / Reopening the walls of confinement / What it all means to humanity/all forms of virgin consciousness universally Tractate 3: 525 AD The Error of Boethius: Resolving the problem of Free Will Part I: The Paradox of free will and divine foreknowledge / Introduction / A misconception of determinism / Three forms of action / Limits placed upon Boethius / Some thoughts expounded by Boethius / Boethius’ metaphysical system / Boethius’ metaphysical system and social acceptance / Boethius’ metaphysical system and perpetual historical acceptance / Boethius’ metaphysical system and why it is we have not presently discarded such a system Part II: Resolving the issue with a new metaphysical perception / ‘The wall’ of perception / Rationalizing the irrational / The limits of language / Oil and Water / The four forms of action / What ‘will be’: Free will - A location for ‘being’ – individuality / What ‘has been’: Divine foreknowledge - A location for ‘Being’ – the whole / What ‘is being’: Determinism - A location for being – action, process/reality – the universe / What ‘is’:Pre-destination/predestination - A location for being – existence of existence / Functionality of action / Locations for actions / Divine foreknowledge, predestination, pre-destination, and determinism versus free will / Internationality: the need ‘for’ a location of determinism / Potentiality: the need ‘for’ a location of free will / Nothing: the need ‘for’ a location of nothing / The Book of Divine Foreknowledge/ The Location of Free Will / The Location of Determinism / The misnomer of ‘free will’ / Letting go Tractate 4: 1543 AD The Error of Copernicus: Resolving the problem of Centricism Part I: Part I: The Paradox of Centricism and non-Centricism / Introduction I / Introduction II / Pre- Copernican / Post-Copernican / Copernicus’ paradoxes Part II: Resolving the paradox with a new metaphysical perception / Centricism / A location of Centricism / A location of non-Centricism / The dynamics of Centricism / Stepping ‘out’: into Centricism: Independence / Stepping ‘in’: ‘beyond’ Centricism: Independence / The dynamics of non Centricism / The law of inverse proportionality / The ‘location’ of ‘nothingness’ / Virgin physicality/’virgin physical life’ / Virgin consciousness/’virgin abstract knowing’ / Stepping ‘in’ beyond Centricism: Dependency / Stepping ‘into’ Centricism: Independence / The significance of insignificance: Random Sequencing / The explosive nature of the potentiality of knowing / Removing a piece of Randomness / Boethius’ metaphysical system and why we can now file it away as a part of the annals of history / Archimedean Points / Philosophical infinities / A bag of marbles is not dependent upon sequential time / A unit of knowing is not a marble Tractate 5: 1716 AD The Error of Leibniz: Resolving the problem of Theodicy Part I: The Paradox of omni benevolence / Introduction / Errors created through the passive process of definition / ‘Defining’ theodicy / First / Second / Third / Error through the active process of extrapolation as opposed to the passive process of definition Part II: Resolving the issue with a new metaphysical perception / The Core: Omniscience / The first shell: Omnipotence and Omnipresence / Leibniz and the error of addition / The Second Shell: Answers to three questions / The location of ‘imperfection’ / The Location of ‘perfection’ / Conclusion Tractate 6: 1804 AD The Error of Kant: Resolving the problem of Universal Ethics Part I: The Paradox of the ‘unknowable’ / Introduction / Cartesian / So, do we need a ‘system’? / ‘The’ Missing Foundation / Boredom and knowledge / ‘Everything’ / Passive observing / Active observing / Raising metaphysics up from the dead Part II: Resolving the issue with a new metaphysical perception / Metaphysics and Cartesianism revisited / ‘a’ Foundation / The need for ‘a’ whole / The whole does not change / A new meaning of the term ‘everything’ / How something, which is unchangeable, can change and remain unchangeable / The death of God / Analytic versus Synthetic ‘a priori’ / The causal / The non-causal / The boundary separating the causal and the non-causal / The ‘Absolute Zero’ point of abstraction / The fusion of: 0 / ∞ and ∞ / 0 / God does not change / The future does not exist / The past does not exist / What is exists / Resolving Kant’s four antinomies / The prioritized natural emergence of the first two categorical imperatives / Morality versus categorical imperatives Volume II: 1831 – 1998 The Recent Past On ‘being’ being: Non-Cartesianism - Active Observation Introduction: There is a little philosopher in all of us. Tractate 7: 1831 AD The Error of Hegel: Resolving the problem of Non-Cartesian Systems Part I: The Paradox of the death of ‘knowing’ / Introduction / The land without the concepts ‘before’ and ‘after’ / Non-Cartesainism / The lack of a Foundation / The need for ‘a’ whole remains / The whole/ first cause becomes a redundancy / The idea leads to the concept that ‘first cause’ is not necessary but the whole is necessary / The whole versus the sub-element/the individual / Hegel: Metaphysics is dead / Nietzsche: God is dead / The death of God leads to the death of Metaphysics / God: Nietzsche is dead and for that matter Hegel is also dead. Part II: Resolving the issue with a new metaphysical perception / Introduction / Thesis, antithesis, synthesis / Hegel, Nietzsche and God are all wrong / You are that of which you are a part / The whole does change / What happens to potentiality? / What happens to nothingness? / Expanding knowing / Conclusion Tractate 8: 1955 AD The Error of Einstein – Resolving the problem of Physical Time Part I: The paradox of ‘i’ / Introduction / Dimensions / Goodbye concrete, Hello abstract / Real Numbers / The Tunnel of Abstraction / Imaginary Numbers / The Constancy of time verses the Variability of time: / Part II: Resolving the issue with a new metaphysical perception / Part IIa: The Newtonian ‘i’ - Velocity Equals Distance Divided by Time / Introduction: / Expanding knowing revisited / The
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